tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:10:53 +0000thyroid cancerrecoveryTorchwoodreviewpost-RAIcancer diagnosisRAIFriday Night Lightsreviewssurgeryneck dissectionThyrogensalivary glandsrecurrenceteachingthycaturbinate reductionDomperidoneWBSgastroparesisseptoplastywhole body scanGERDReglanbiopsiesdiagnosisrefluxscarskin cancerGrand RoundsLeapForceLostTSHacid refluxcriticismcriticsculturedifficult childrenhypoparathyroidismhypothyroidmelanomametoclopramideparentingpatient advocacyside effectssubstitutesubstitute teachingsupporttattoosteaching certificationtvOasis of SanityWife,Parent,Student,Teacher,Volunteer,Writer,Cook,Crazy.http://quieti.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Joan)Blogger1726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-901858255560319855Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:55:00 +00002016-11-30T22:55:24.866-07:0010:48, nowThe clock caught my eye at 10:47(pm).
I have to write up math notes for (at least) 2 lessons, put together a science power point, and design a bulletin board for math. And it's nearly 11PM. How did that happen?
Well: I stayed at work until about 4:15, mostly in a meeting and then in meeting post-mortem and organizing. Then I picked up the kids, got home, and went out to my physical therapyhttp://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/11/1048-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-2216096485753908511Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:56:00 +00002016-11-30T00:56:35.943-07:00closing inAbout 5 minutes ago, I uploaded my final draft of the research paper for my last content course. Our last course meeting is this upcoming Saturday, and all I have to do now to prepare is make a poster board so I can present my research. Yes, I am doing a science fair project! I knew what I was getting into when I signed up for this class, and it was fine.
Except the APA formatting, which http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/11/closing-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-2631038406121935692Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:34:00 +00002016-11-24T11:34:06.614-07:00old & new, off & onI resolved to scale back Thanksgiving baking this year and only sort-of succeeded. Five pies is too many for a household of 5 people, even 5 pie-loving people. I would invariably finish off the pumpkin and pecan long after my splurge window had closed.
This year, only two pies: from scratch apple, and blueberry But two desserts isn't enough -- this is the one day a year when I actually, you http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/11/old-new-off-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-3007599866275900519Mon, 21 Nov 2016 07:27:00 +00002016-11-21T00:27:27.696-07:00There, there! It's OK...It's a week and a half later, and the left is still throwing fits. If anything, some of them are ratcheting up the volume, as if shouting louder can change events to suit them better.
It's embarrassing, really.
I remember when Obama won, 4 years ago, and DS1 was upset because he was worried about the direction the country would take. I was, too, but I told him: in the long run, it's not going http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/11/there-there-its-ok.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-6905645002003287306Thu, 10 Nov 2016 07:28:00 +00002016-11-10T00:28:58.792-07:00coming downThe election is over, thank God. Really, I do. I hope we can move away from constant demonization of "the other" in this country and go back to society in which disagreement just means you have a different opinion, not that you're evil.
So after yesterday I feel as if I can finally unwind a bit. I have a deep, deep sense of exhaustion that will take a solid week of sleep to work out. I'm nothttp://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/11/coming-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-2647094629759347032Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:02:00 +00002016-10-28T01:02:15.017-07:00almost thereI saw my endocrinologist yesterday (well, Wednesday) and got my tumor marker results: stable, or perhaps a tiny uptick (?) to 3.5. I'll take it, especially with the clean scan.
I discussed with her the possibility of not having a whole body scan every year, and she agreed I don't have to have one next year: Hallelujah! I will still get Thyrogen but just the two shots and then bloodwork.
Thathttp://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/10/almost-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-4909680927307218257Sat, 15 Oct 2016 08:56:00 +00002016-10-15T01:56:03.981-07:00good intentionsAfter dinner, I'm working, and I think, I'll stop at 10, do my puttering around, and get to bed at a decent hour.
What happens is this: I fall asleep before ten, wake up sometime after 11, and suddenly the necessity of going to bed at a decent hour just doesn't exist anymore. That explains why it's nearly 2AM and I'm still up.
Hey, here's a photo of a leaf I took in Falmouth before we left:
http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/10/good-intentions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7353872678593068842Fri, 14 Oct 2016 07:08:00 +00002016-10-14T00:08:47.742-07:00there & backWent to Massachusetts, had a splendid time, did lots of work, lots of driving, lots of eating! Not much sleep, though.
Now I'm confronting a huge amount of stuff to do, and realizing the only way I can do this is if I put myself on a strict schedule. I'm working on it.
I have a million appointments coming up. Not particularly happy about any of them. We'll see how it goes.http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/10/there-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7255829400024018555Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:19:00 +00002016-09-28T21:19:50.013-07:00in which I have plansIn spite of being swamped with work, or perhaps because of it, I have been making plans to do things that take hours or days that I perhaps should not be sacrificing.
I'll manage.
This weekend DH and I are taking the two boys to see HMS Pinafore at ASU's Lyric Opera. DS2 has to do a vocal performance review, and it was on the list of approved concerts, so we're going. It has been quite a http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/09/in-which-i-have-plans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1071940277433996545Sat, 24 Sep 2016 02:42:00 +00002016-09-23T19:42:21.434-07:00made it!Part of me wants to recap everything I did this week just so I can say, See, I did all that! But I don't want to type it all out.
So, yeah, I did everything I needed to for the teaching part of my job, and for the admin part of my job, except sending out an email to parents who were interested in helping out in the junior high, which I will do in the morning. (maybe)
What I didn't do is http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/09/made-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7892362034357184458Sat, 17 Sep 2016 18:48:00 +00002016-09-17T11:48:53.250-07:00the great waveEveryone knows this painting:
Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa
I think most people focus on the wave. I'm one of the guys in the boats.
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Thank God I planned out my math classes because I've barely been keeping up with everything. OK, let me backtrack a bit. If there is nothing unusual going on, I can keep up if I am diligent, meaning I don't take any days or nights off from work.http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-great-wave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-4032439126896312409Mon, 29 Aug 2016 05:01:00 +00002016-08-28T22:01:11.092-07:00wish I had a photo...DS2 made garam masala while I prepped chicken for chicken masala tonight. The herbs and spices looked and smelled heavenly while toasting in the pan on the stove, and I swear I asked him to take a photo but we didn't get one. Next time, then -- although we have enough garam masala to last quite a while now. Cooking was a nice break from the planning I had been doing all day, and am now http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/08/wish-i-had-photo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7873536538084814354Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:35:00 +00002016-08-23T22:35:34.183-07:00very quickly --I should be showering, or making a Power Point, but I'll just post this little update. So far I am so impressed with my students. One of my concerns was what kind of kids we would get, but it is such a great group. Obviously we're still at the beginning of the year and I'm sure various ugly things will raise their heads from time to time, but overall, they are the "motivated students" our http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/08/very-quickly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-9097740844204074219Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:00:00 +00002016-08-17T00:00:52.209-07:00definitely swimming in the deep end now...Yikes, I have a lot of work!
Prepping for five different classes a day is a new experience for me. Content-wise I'm fine, but process wise? I can't do it without my notes & power points, and that's what's keeping me busy.
I'm a few lessons ahead in math, and I'm going to try to do some every day so I work up a reasonable buffer. My class starts in a couple of weeks and I'm going to need to http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/08/definitely-swimming-in-deep-end-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5571694724935989900Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:31:00 +00002016-08-10T21:31:02.871-07:00FDoSFirst day of school!
It was a great day, but I'm exhausted and praying I don't get sick. I worked frantically the last 5 days to get both my classrooms ready, with success... but of course nothing is organized.
Fortunately I don't have to teach content this week, because my planning is not done (that's for this weekend); we're just doing policies, procedures, and practice this week. I'm http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/08/fdos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-1578129063786169735Thu, 04 Aug 2016 07:37:00 +00002016-08-04T00:37:49.127-07:0053!How did that happen?
I have no idea where all that time went. I certainly don't feel any older.
Today I started back to work, my pre-service days for the new school I'm helping open. I'm starting to think I'm crazy: I'm teaching 5 subjects and I'm team lead. On the other hand, I'll have roughly 55 students total, and that will surely help with the grading and give me time to prep all thosehttp://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/08/53.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-4188899105578215504Fri, 29 Jul 2016 20:42:00 +00002016-07-29T13:42:47.378-07:00not cancer!Of course this is great news. I spent the last 2 weeks trying not to spin myself up into a frantic mess over this and did a pretty good job. It helped that yesterday the kids and I went to an early matinee of Star Trek Beyond and then out for a nice lunch at Nico Heirloom Kitchen, the new restaurant in Gilbert's downtown area. But I was still pretty nervous about this one.
The diagnosis http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/not-cancer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5821693195961094214Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:34:00 +00002016-07-28T01:34:43.884-07:00pre-prepYes, I know the title is redundant.
I'm up now because I had a little nap, and I had a little nap because I was exhausted. I've worked the last 3 days at my old school, even though my new school in-service doesn't start until next week.
The junior high has grown so much at my old school that they have hired more teachers, and the person they hired to teach the overflow math and science classeshttp://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/pre-prep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5948256137948299649Sat, 23 Jul 2016 06:14:00 +00002016-07-22T23:14:09.316-07:00Flagstaff wildflowers DD and I took off yesterday afternoon for an overnight in Flagstaff. My Thursday class had been rescheduled, so I had the evening off, and we hiked the trail behind Little America. It was peak wildflower season, with tiny but mighty flowers everywhere.
http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/flagstaff-wildflowers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5735348289558094793Wed, 20 Jul 2016 07:46:00 +00002016-07-20T00:47:43.577-07:00in-between timeI'm much more comfortable after removing the catheter on Monday. Somewhere I have a little diatribe to deliver about that, concerning such things as taping it to my right leg, which would have made driving very uncomfortable if I'd had to do it, and taping it rather tightly, so that it was difficult for me to really pick that leg up to do anything, like, say, go upstairs. I survived. Now I'm http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/in-between-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7871230213284181752Fri, 15 Jul 2016 23:21:00 +00002016-07-15T16:21:59.785-07:00ughHome, post-op, with a catheter for the next 3 days. It could be worse.
Well, here's what's worse: I won't find out anything for 2 weeks. *sigh*http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/ugh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-3475564824097171591Fri, 15 Jul 2016 04:44:00 +00002016-07-14T21:44:02.348-07:00vaguely discontentedI have been increasingly down this week, but I'm hoping this is my last day of feeling "off." My surgical biopsy is tomorrow, and once that's done, I can relax, focus, and prepare for the new school year. I hope.
My vision field test and other assorted eye tests were all fine today, good news that I just shrugged off at the time. But it really is good news. How many people my age need only http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/vaguely-discontented.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-5503482925420579767Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:28:00 +00002016-07-13T12:28:31.873-07:00what?Posted yesterday that I wasn't fatigued. Crashed at 9pm, slept past 9am, feel like I've been hit by a truck and could sleep for a week. What did I do yesterday? It was a busy-driving day but not physically demanding. I don't get this at all.
http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/what.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-6848037635817361510Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:56:00 +00002016-07-12T10:56:53.546-07:00med stuffOur flight home Saturday was uneventful. The timing was such that we were able to drop off the rental car, attend mass at the airport chapel, and then have dinner at Legal Seafood before we boarded. It was nice to have that one last New England meal before we left, but I was more than ready to come home.
Now that we are back, we're in that whirlwind of appointments and other random things http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/med-stuff.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466893.post-7145626494561783010Wed, 06 Jul 2016 20:37:00 +00002016-07-06T18:56:17.332-07:00not exactly as planned, but...
Heublein Tower on Talcott Mountain
We hiked up Talcott Mountain on Monday and I still haven't recovered. The hike up was lovely, as were the views from the top of the tower, as always on such a clear day. Then we went a bit crazy buying stuff at their little gift shop, and DS2 headed back on his own because he was restless with us. DH, DD and I decided to follow the blue trail down, which http://quieti.blogspot.com/2016/07/not-exactly-as-planned-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joan)0